1973 crewcab

[RAMMAN4]

I've got a little more welding to do and finish grinding and then I'll put down some seam sealer and it'll be good enough for me.

[RAMMAN4]

And today I got the driver side tacked together. I'll finish welding it out tomorrow and finish the little bit around the windshield gasket area and the cowel will be all done.

[RAMMAN4]

I don't have any fancy tools like an english wheel or a shrinker/stretcher to do this, so I'm doing it old school with all the tricks I can think of.

[RAMMAN4]

Since I didn't have the ability to form a complex shape like the original I had to make it a little piece at a time and weld them all together.

[RAMMAN4]

The reason for the green paint is I was stripping the rust off my patch panels and I needed some paint to keep the rust from coming back. Why waste the good stuff so I used up the sublime green paint. I've got some more work to do tomorrow and it'll be done then.

[RAMMAN4]

I've had this idea rolling around in my head for awhile and I wasn't much in the mood to work on the cowel area again today. Here's the before.

and cut

And after. Either I'm a huge smoker or . . . .?

[W_A_Watson_II]

So, what are you going to hide behind that door?

[OLD DODGE]

Driver and passenger handgun compartments?

[W_A_Watson_II]

He's in Texas, so I doubt he has to conceal it. Perhaps he's hiding the video screen?

[RAMMAN4]

Driver and passenger handgun compartments?

I do like that idea though, but it's something different. Contrary to popular belief not all of us here in Texas walk around with 6 shooters on their hips and not all of us ride horses everyday either. LOL. I got some done today, but not as much as I wanted. I had some life insurance guy stop by and his 10 minutes spiel turned out to be a whole lot long which cut into my fabricating time. I guess ya'll will have to wait just a few more days to see what's going to be behind that door.
gotta hang a hinge first

and then modify the ash tray

[RAMMAN4]

And then I got everything bolted together.

And open

[RAMMAN4]

If you hadn't noticed my now how I'm keeping the door shut. It's a metal dash and ash tray so why not use a magnet? It's just one of the cabinet door magnets from Home Depot. We'll see how that works out.

And of course I had to mount it in the truck to check it all out.

I think when everything is all done my item inside the ash tray will fit nicely.

[74w300uteline]

behind the door?

a switch that shoots tacks and oil out the back of the truck to slow down the bad guys ?

[OLD DODGE]

Who knows, maybe James Bond will be driving this in the next movie.

[Joe Flo]

The suspense is killing me! I want to know what it's for!